Raimonds Vilde (born August 19, 1962) is a former

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player who competed in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. He was born in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

. In 1988 he was part of the Soviet team which won the silver medal in the Olympic tournament. He played six matches. Currently coaching Latvian Men's National Volleyball Team. Received a prize "Example in Sport" during Latvian Yearly Sports Awards ceremony in December, 2012.

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1962 births Living people Latvian men's volleyball players Soviet men's volleyball players Olympiacos S.C. players Olympic volleyball players of the Soviet Union Volleyball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Riga Olympic medalists in volleyball Latvian volleyball coaches Latvian sportspeople Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{Latvia-volleyball-bio-stub